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31
Month
December
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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f be Y. W. C. A. vlll keep open house lomqrrow. Tlio Circuit Court was adjourned from last Thursday until Monday. A bright baby boy was boni ( 'hristmaa ni.ufht to Mr. and Mr. Honry Koch. W. K. Childs has secured an inoroasc f pension for z. D. Rank, of Ypsilanti. Major ir. Soule has been clected president of the Unlversity Gun Club I tegular cliiücs are being held at the hospltals during the holiday vacation. The Daily Times skipped an issue L'Viday and gave the forcé a deserved lioliday. i lioth the express offices and the postoffice had an unusual rush of Christmas packages. A baby boy was born last Friday uight to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deem, of .Vorth Fifth-ave. ICarl E. Harriman had a story entitled "The Going Out" in the Christmas C'lack Book. Numerous wheelmen are making the best of our smooth roads by using their wheels right along. The new generator at the Electric tjtght Works is being 'use'i and is giving good satisfaetion. Tlon. and Mrs. A. J. Sawyer gave a dancing party to a number of their friends last Wednesday night. V'ou should remember that the sale of reserved seats for the .May Festival vill begia on tbe 'Jth of January. Contractor Howe takes charge of the A imory today and will at once put it in shape for the Mid Winter circus. The Ann Arbor Savings liank has declared its regular somi-annual dividenl ui' 5 por cent., payable af ter Jan. 3od. l'i'.iükCreech, the new deputy UogUter of Deeds, has been postin g himseli upon the duties of his office for a week past. A number of friends of fieorge W. S .ybold, on W. Huron st. gave him i pleasant surprise party last Thursdfty night. A lar ge erowd gathered at Grunger's Moriday night to attend the Hard Times party. All who attended report a vrrv '■il .oyabletime. Mr.;, .lordanof Olivia l'laue. entpjptained a few members of the Woraan's : League, who had rctnained in the eitj during the holidays. Business men claim that although as maey sales as usual wcre made during the holidays, people almost universally lioiioiit cheaper goods. Prof. and Mrs. H. C. Adams had a tastely and weü-supplied Christmas ttee ieir home 'hristmas eve for a largo number of llttle people. L'Vank .1.. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Perrinc, of thia city, Das -on.' to the lla.v:iii;in [stands where hé will be empldyi-il by -.i large commission lio.ise. Wm. Ball of Hamburf, has juat rent■l throujrh the Bach and Butler Agency the tliscock house, southeast corner of División anti Liberty street. , The adverti8iog wagon, otton up Hspeeially to aclvertiso the Mid Winter ■'.ifcus. is now visiting neighboring . towns, under the charge of Hean l'rof. and Mrs. A. O MeLaughlin invited sixtoon little folks to their home Christmas aftornoon to enjoy a beautifully decorated tree, and to receive presents from it. O. M. Martin's ambulance is proving to bc justthe thing that has been ncecl"d. in this city. It is called out fro(juently. Already it has boen used .'Í times thís week. J. C. Henderson, of the Anti Arbor Organ Co. telegraphed the company last Thursday, írom St. Paul, that he had just closed a deal with a firm n that city for 200 organs. i'iof. C. G. Taylor has arraoged :i snow bicycle by attaching a runner in place of the front wheel on his cycle. It attracted considerable attention on the streets one day last week. The Christmas dinnw given by the adiea of the North Side for the purpose of raising funds for the proposed i North Side chapel was a great success, a neat sum being realized. Geo. A. Katzenberger, a gradúate of the law department, has an article in . the December number of the Michigan j Uw Journal upon "A Brief Outline of the Life and Works of Judge Coolcy. S. W. Tvvitchell, who resides with his daughter. Mrs. D. Cramer, celebrated his 90th birthday last Sunday. Mr. Twitchell is enjoying remarkably good health for one so well along in years. Mrs. Mary Whiting was the recipiënt i of a beautiful Ilegina Music box as a ! Christmu present from the N. Y. Life I Ins. Co. for especially good work as an I agent of that company during the past ' year. "I have learned by experience", will be the topic at the Y. M. C. A. mee ing next Sunday afternoon. Come out to the first meeting of the new year, it will pay yon. The meeting will be for men only. On next Tuesday evening, the young people of the M. E. church will give a character party in the Sunday School room. Each person attending will be expectcd to represent a character of ! history or fiction. It is rumored that Gov-elect Pingroe i may extend the date upon which he will give a .prize to the law student who will point out tho largest number fo inoperative laws upon the statutf) : books of this state. Last Saturday's Detroit Erening News eontained a report from "Vpsilanti intimating that thcre was a row inipemling between Principal Boone and a number of his subordinates. at , the Stato Normal School. ('arl Itetticb, of W. Second-st. was, the lucky guesser of the weight of tho , piece of candy in Staebler and Co's. ' show window, and seeured tho prize. His guess was ;0 lbs. Guesses ran all the way from 0 to 200 Ibs. Miss Lucy K. Cole, teacher of Music in the Ann Arbor Public Schools, will read a paper at the meeting of tbc j State Teachers' Association at Lansing ' i this week. Her subject will be "The I ( are oí Ohlldrens' V'oices". ._ ___ ____. Th( secoud of the series of hops given by the I. O. O. F. will occur in their new qnartdrs tonight. AU persons invitations for the series are requested to be present. The Che quamegona will furnish the music. Win. Lee made away with four gallons ol oyters from in front of the store of O'Hara, Boyle & Co., of the North Side, one day last week. He was ' iricte iBnd sent to the Detroit house of ! correction for 90 days, for the ofïense. The Lansing Journal says: We suppose it is not generally known that the man who pays for his paper in advance is hardly ever sick, never has corns or tootbaclie, liis potatoes never rot, weovil never cats his wheat, the frost never kills his corn or beans, bUbabiw never cry at night, and his wiie never scolds. County Clerk, Wm. Dansingburg left Monday for Detroit where be goes into the commission business. His frionds in this county who have any I kind of preduco to sell it could not do botter than to send it to The Detroit Produce O, 80 Woodbridjee-st as Mr. DaiMiagburg now is at Uw head of that I ebm'pany. The Chicago Xcws Record insults Hon. J. Sawyer, oí Ann Arbor, with a cut of him, atrocious enough to "hold up" an expresa train. It calis him "Col.", too. It is a paper that is eapable of a great deal of meanness. - Adrián Press. The caninos of Ann Arbor are subject ; to a doublé dog-tax. One is i statutory tax which the dog pays for .the right of existence, the other a penalty for exorcising the right. It is looked upon by the owners as a mangy piece of business. - Adrián Press. A mossage ft'ora Washington, D. C. suya that the U. of M. Republican club has applicd for a position in the Inangu; ral parade, stating that tliey are going to be present in a body. The inaugural committee will assign them a prominent ' position near the head of the line. The banquet of the new University Alumni Association, reeently organized in Toledo, will be held at the St. Charles Hotel in that city tonight. Pres. Angelí, Profs. D'Ooge, Hutchins and Drs. Vaughan and Martin, and possibly others from here will attend. C. R. Stickney. Ut '89, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Stickney of this city, was married last Thursday to Miss Grace R. Robinson, daughter of the Hon. ITenry G. Robinson, of Washington, D. C. formerly labor commissioner of Mich. Mr. Stickney is now practicing law in the Upper Península. Last Friday night Master Herbert Oarrow, who is spending the holidays with bis parents, gave eight of hit friends a dinner. The guests wero, Missos F.lsie Stanley, Charlotte Walker, j Christine Lilly and Margaret Tatlock, j and Mabter Harry Brown, Harry Barr. ' and Clinton Millen. The song service rendcred at the St. ; Andrews' church Sunday evening drew a crowded house. The service under the direction of Prof. R. H. Kempi' was opecially fine and highly enjoyed by all. The solos by Master Gerald Brown and Fred Daily showed great musical ability and careful training. The Tiew York papers ar,; diícussiag ! the matter of expert medical testinionv. 'it being claimed that oxhorbttant i priees are oharged by tha phvsinians who are called as witnesues. Ir [g si ated that Dr. Vaughan was paid :uu per Jdayfor testimony In a case in which he was called to give evidencc South Lyon has nu saloon. The staggering locomotion. visible theru is merely from force of habit. prevlously acquired.- Adrián Prosa Wonder if it ever occurred to the j Press man that drunk men sometimei thinks the sidewalk lliesup and hits them, or that the peoplu they meet are i the ones who do the staggering ! A gang of drunkards last week stonod the house of a Dexter widow, smash ing the door and window.s. Wliat Döxter, in ( 'anada, or some other barbarous country? No sir, Dexter, Michigan right here in -'God's uountry!" Thon it must. bo about time to annex -Cod's country" to Spain.- Adrián Pre, - Tho First Methodist choreh inDas-l ter, was.builtin 1842 by Calvin Fil] inore, j whose peaceful end was sur;li that it I could be said of him, "Hqw biest the righieous when he dies." Ah, what strange differences are bred out of the same blood! A brother of Mr. Fillmore went the downward road of politics and became president of the United States. - Adrián Press. .] r. Cook tho new proprietor of the St. .lames Hotel introduced a novel feature at his hotel Christmas day. One long table was set at which all his guosts were seated and an old fashioned New England dinner was served, all the dishes being put upon the table and then passed as was the custom in ye olden time. Mr. Cook made an admirable host and all greatly enjoyed the splendid dinner. Johnson Tent, K. o. T. M., elected officers Tuesday night of last week as follows: commander, Paris S. Bantield; Heutenaut-commander, Wm. E. Stocking; record keeper, Chas. Myer: ttnance keeper, W. II. Butler; chaplain, B. l Gerow; phyaiclau, Dr. E. , A. Claric; sergeant, B. Frank O'Hearn; ! mastcNat-arms, Clydo C. Kerr: istM mas'terof guarda, Charles Zieflee; 2d ] master of guards, Walter Clark ; sontinel, ' Joiin tonde i picket, Wm. TL RarrowS. j Ths British gcvernment has ordcred 10,000 bicycles to be used by her mail carriers. Here in Ann Arbor some peoplo kieked beoauso a 'carrier attempted to doliver mail by wheel, and the post-master had to put a stop to it. Their seems to be a differenco of opinión on this subject. Now which is governed by prejudice and which by a desii-e to give the bost service ?- Courier. F. B. Wemple, secretary and treagurer of the Michigan Savings and Loan association, of Detroit, was in the city Thursday to pay ofï $11,000 of the associntion's matured stock, the payments making welcome Christmas presenta ranging from $500 to $1,000 each. This is the flrst national association in Michigan to mature its stock. It has made a total of 74 payments in as many months. - Times. At the Trinity Knglish Lutheran church the Sacrament of the Lord 's Supper will be administered on next Sunday morninff. Preparatory services on Friday eve at 7:30 o'clock. The pastor has announced a series of Sunday evening talks on Bibical characters, the first to be glvea next Sunday evening. These will be iliustrated with stereoptican views and will doubtless prove very interesting-.

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